 Badaling
section of the Great Wall is within Yanqing County, one
of the two counties in Beijing. The wall is about 80 kilometers
northwest from downtown Beijing. Badaling Great Wall is
actually a mountain pass of the Jundu Mountain. It is
recorded that the Badaling Great Wall was built to protect
the Juyongguan Pass (Juyongguan section of the Great Wall
) on its south, further protecting the city of Beijing.
Badaling is an ancient military defense project. It is
about 1,000 meters above sea level.
The Badaling section of Great Wall is about 3, 740
meters long and averagely 8 meters high. The highest
section is 15 meters high. The wall is wide enough for
five horses to ride abreast. Badaling was the earliest
part open to the visitors among all the sections of
the Great Wall in Beijing.
The wall is narrow on the top and broad on the base
making the wall stands firmly rising and falling ridges.
The wall was made with huge stones. Inside the Wall
are made of mud and stone block. This makes the wall
clean, pretty, and firm. Every 300 to 500 meters, there
are fortresses. There are two kinds of fortresses. One
 is
a two-storied fortress used as a fighting tower. Its
ground floor was used for living, storing weapons and
the top floor was used for watching and shooting. Another
kind is fighting terrace or enemy terrace, which was
used for patrolling and fighting.
Just close to Badaling, there are is a big Great Wall
Museum and the Great Wall National Theater. The theater
offers you a chance to get a full view of the Great
Wall. In 1987, Badaling was listed as World Cultural
heritage' by the United Nation.
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